CJ Anonymous

In the course of my normal web travels, I learned that Ed Capano, longtime publisher of National Review, is retired effective today. When I was just starting out in New York, I got to know Ed and will never forget how kind and helpful he was to me. NRO has some great tributes up this […]

I lived in NYC for much of Rudy’s mayoral tenure. He had a dramatic impact on the city and deserves enormous credit for that. He would, however, be a disaster as leader of the free world. I cannot even believe that this is a subject of serious conversation. (Paul, Philip … with all due respect […]

Yesterday over lunch, an administration official pointed out to our small group that U.S. Border patrol caught and returned to Mexico over 4,000 illegal border crossers in one day last week. What’s worse, the recidivism rate with these people is somewhere around 75%. I am no immigration expert, but it seems to me that if […]

So Ann Coulter goes on the Today Show this morning to promote Godless, her newest book which was released today. As she’s wrapping up the interview, she says to Matt “Where’s Katie?? Did she leave or something?” Classic. Book’s #11 on Amazon and rising and they’re not even through the first day of flacking it… […]

I almost mentioned this earlier in this space after receiving an email from Herman about the diagnosis, but wasn’t sure how widely that email was sent… Now that it is “out there,” let me say: Herman Cain is one of the most important players on the scene when it comes to the future of our […]

Quin’s thoughtful piece on the homepage this morning really resonated with me and I hope our readers will take a moment to read it. I too have been deeply demoralized by recent developments both at home and abroad. I joked to a friend the other evening, “Eh, the way things are going, I’ll give civilization […]